Git and GitHub Diagram and Terms

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Git and GitHub Diagram and Terms#

Here’s a quick diagram to help you understand the typical git/github interactions along with common terms used in the git process.

Legend#

  • Your github - a fork of the Assignment or Class Repository

  • Other Github - the official course assignment or Class repoistory

  • Your Computer - working local on the Repository or in Codespaces

Actions#

  • Commit - Save local changes into the Git repo. A commit is a bundle of changes, and what are pushed or pulled.

  • Push - Send local commits to Github (your remote)

  • Pull - Download Github (your remote) commits to your computer

  • Fork - make a cloud copy of another Github Repository

  • Clone - make a local copy of a Github repository.

Terms#

  • working copy - the cloned local copy on your computer or Codespaces

  • remote/origin - the copy of the Repository on Github

  • upstream - the source Fork of a Github Repositry

  • pull request - ask a Github Repository to merge in your changes because you don’t have permission to push.

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